# Louis Hernandez

> Louis Hernandez is a private equity investor at Black Dragon Capital backing Financial Services. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Black Dragon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-dragon-capital)
- Location: Miami, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/louishernandezjr
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lhernandezjr
- Website: https://louishernandezjr.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lohernandezjr

Louis Hernandez is a private equity investor at Black Dragon Capital in Miami focused on Financial Services and SaaS. Louis Hernandez Jr. is the Founder, CEO & Managing Director at Black Dragon Capital, a minority-led investment capital company focused on software and technology. Hernandez holds a track record for transforming and diversifying companies through innovative methodologies. He has orchestrated massive transformations of troubled companies, drivingperformance, improving margins, and returning them to profitability. Louis Hernandez has been recognized for Industry Innovator of the Year, one of the financial services industry’s five most innovative leaders, Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the year, and inducted into the Innovator Leadership Hall of Fame by Bank Technology.Louis's leadership reflects his passion for diversity as he strives to build and grow diverse teams. He firmly believes in the superior performances brought by different backgrounds and often advises companies on ethnic and gender diversity. Beyond entrepreneurship, Hernandez is an active philanthropist that has served on many boards over the years including the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation and Nicklaus Children's Hospital Foundation. In 2011, he founded For A Bright Future, a foundation which focuses on equal opportunity for children.The foundation provides scholarships and support for education, healthcare, arts, and leadership development programs.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Banking | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Finland | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PayOnward | PayOnward is an AI-driven digital payment platform offering white-label suite—including accounts receivable, bill pay, P2P, and others. |  | Private Equity | Aug 20, 2025 |  |
| Open Banking Solutions | Open Banking Solutions specializes in providing digital transformation services to companies in the financial services industry. |  | Seed | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Naveo Commerce | Naveo Commerce was founded following the merger of Digital Goodie and Maginus. Naveo Commerce is an international end-to-end eCommerce, OMS, and fulfilment technology company helping SMBs and enterprises across all retail segments to manage and grow their business online. The company also offera the entire end-to-end commerce support to retailersand wholesalers. It also provides eCommerce website consultancy and implementation. The partnership with Magento and Episerver continues to operate as a core consulting arm under Maginus, a Naveo Commerce brand. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 20, 2020 |  |
| Open Banking Solutions | Open Banking Solutions specializes in providing digital transformation services to companies in the financial services industry. |  | Private Equity |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## About Black Dragon Capital

VC Fund · Miami Beach, United States

Black Dragon Capital LLC is an investment capital company focused on software and technology.Black Dragon Capital is a growth-oriented private equity fund focused on technology investment opportunities in ecommerce, financial services, and sports and media. Its founder and advisor Louis Hernandez, Jr. and team of industry professionals havesignificant operational experience, strong financial backgrounds, proven track records of success and investment experience ranging from startups to Billion dollar organizations in both public and private vehicles. BDC offers a strategic difference with its real operating advice, C-level executives as partners and substantial experience in all phases of growth, as well as, significant international domain expertise.

2 contacts available at Black Dragon Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Louis Hernandez | Founder, CEO & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/louis-hernandez-jr |
| Yossi Aloni | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yossi-aloni |

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## FAQ

### What does Louis Hernandez invest in?

Louis Hernandez invests primarily in Financial Services, SaaS and Banking startups, most often at Private Equity and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Louis Hernandez last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Louis Hernandez closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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